PLATFORM : Reservists' Pay JOHN HEDGES, With some of their employees being called to military duty, Southern California cities are reconsidering their pay policies for reservists. Newport Beach City Councilman JOHN HEDGES proposed that his city pay employee s who are called up the difference between their military pay and city salaries. He told The Times:

Stop Stereotyping Arabs and Iranians NAYEREH TOHIDI, Tohidi is a lecturer at UCLA and conducts research in conjunction with the UCLA Center for the Study of Women. She has written extensively on Middle Eastern women. and

Uniting the Creative Vision of Novelist and Filmmaker WARREN ADLER, Adler has published 18 novels. Of the six bought for the movies, only one, "The War of the Roses," has been filmed. His novel "Private Lies," which he is adapting for the screen, will be published in April. and